Louis Henri Jean Charlot was a French and naturalized American painter and illustrator, active mainly in Mexico and the United States.
Charlot was born in Paris. His father, Henri, owned an importexport business and was a Russianborn migr, albeit one who supported the Bolshevik cause. His mother Anna was herself an artist. His mothers family originated from Mexico City, his grandfather a FrenchIndian mestizo. His great grandfather had immigrated to Mexico in the 1820s shortly after the countrys independence from Spain and married a woman who was half Aztec. This was likely the source of a myth which developed around Charlot casting him as a descendant of Aztec royalty.
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